Pittsburgh will see one major budget movie made in town this summer but not two.

As production teams for “The Last Witch Hunter” begin to set up in the city, the Legendary Pictures adaptation of the science fiction novel “Brilliance” has pulled out, closing its production office here to reconsider making the movie next year.

Dawn Keezer, director of the Pittsburgh Film Office, indicated “Brilliance” cited casting issues and a limited time frame to shoot with decent weather in Pittsburgh as its reasons for withdrawing from the film tax credit it was awarded a few weeks ago.

According to state records, "Brilliance" was awarded a film tax credit of more than $19.5 million in June, second only to the 2010 Denzel Washington runaway train movie, “Unstoppable,” which was shot throughout much of the western half of the state and received a tax credit of $20 million. Lionsgate’s “The Last Witch Hunter” was awarded a film tax credit of more than $14 million last September and is beginning to set up now after facing various delays.

“From what I understand, this is talent driven,” said Keezer of the reason for Legendary's pull out.

Variety reported in late May that Will Smith, originally expected to star in "Brilliance," decided against it.

The movie production is based on a novel by Marcus Sakey about a federal agent who must track down a savant terrorist intending to start a civil war in which a small minority of people are born as brilliants with special powers.

Legendary continues working to find a new lead star.

It would've been the second major projection here made by Legendary, which is lead by CEO Thomas Tull, a part owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers who maintains a residence downtown, after the company's involvement in “The Dark Knight Rises” a few years ago.

Keezer is hopeful “Brilliance” will come back and shoot here next year.

“Legendary is a great partner,” she said. “They wanted to be in Pittsburgh. We’ll be ready to welcome them back when they’re ready to come.”

If “Brilliance” would’ve shot in Pittsburgh this summer, it would’ve been the first time two major tent-pole productions shot in the city using limited state film tax credits in the same year.

State records indicate that “Brilliance” was expected to employ 750 people, while “The Last Witch Hunter” is slated to hire 600.